Decoherence-assisted initialization of a resident hole spin polarization in a two-dimensional hole gas

Details Decoherence-assisted initialization of a resident hole spin polarization in a two-dimensional hole gas Decoherence-assisted initialization of a resident hole spin polarization in a two-dimensional hole gas

2011-05-06

arxiv.org/abs/1105.1338v2

Phys. Rev. B 84, 085327 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

10 pages, 6 figures; moderate modifications, one new figure

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.085327

We investigate spin dynamics of resident holes in a p-modulation-doped GaAs/Al$_{0.3}$Ga$_{0.7}$As single quantum well. Time-resolved Faraday and Kerr rotation, as well as resonant spin amplification, are utilized in our study. We observe that nonresonant or high power optical pumping leads to a resident hole spin polarization with opposite sign with respect to the optically oriented carriers, while low power resonant optical pumping only leads to a resident hole spin polarization if a sufficient in-plane magnetic field is applied. The competition between two different processes of spin orientation strongly modifies the shape of resonant spin amplification traces. Calculations of the spin dynamics in the electron--hole system are in good agreement with the experimental Kerr rotation and resonant spin amplification traces and allow us to determine the hole spin polarization within the sample after optical orientation, as well as to extract quantitative information about spin dephasing processes at various stages of the evolution.

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